Sincerely Yours December/January 2010 Volume 1, Issue 5
CONTENTS
Cláudia Fernandes Jake Hall Matthew Franklin
page 6 page 16 page18
Ana Šantl
page 28
Andrea Younes
page 40
CONTRIBUTERS Founder and Editor-In-Chief ANGELA MARKSBERRY
Co-Editor LAUREN POTTER
Graphic Design ANGELA MARKSBERRY
Featured Photographers Cláudia Fernandes MATTHEW FRANKLIN Ana Šantl
Spotlights JAKE HALL ANDREA YOUNES
Angela Marksberry Letter From the Editor First off I'd like to wish everyone a happy holidays! Also, a huge thank you to everyone who has taken the time to view an issue or participate in any of the features. We decided to combine our December and January issues together because we are going to be working on some new things we are incorporating into the magazine in the new year. We plan on featuring fashion designers, writers, and various fields. If you are interested in being featured , or you know someone who should be , you can contact me at angela .marksberry@gmail .com or you can e-mail my co-editor at sincerelylauren@yahoo.com. I'm looking forward to the new things we have planned for the upcoming year and again thank you to everyone who has viewed an issue!
Sincerely, Angela Marksberry
Clรกudia Fernandes //Photographer
what you see and the Camera: Contax t2, Yashi- way you interpret the world in general. I love to ca t4 and Olympus xa2 wake up early to a bright Website: www.flickr. and sunny morning, for com/photos/sheexample. wasamongoloid Do you prefer using film When did you first get or digital? started in photography? I prefer film but I I remember when I was wouldn’t mind taking 14 or 15 and thinking I pictures with a digital needed something to camera, but for me, film entertain myself with, captures a dream and something that I could digital captures the real do alone, something I life. Why would I be intercould focus on without ested in real life if I can having to depend on live in a dream? others. I found a way in photography. I often find How many cameras do you own? myself looking through I don’t even know. I have some old photos, reinherited many cameras membering those times with nostalgia and that’s from my parents and I’ve exactly why I love to take bought some myself. I’d say around 13. photos. I can come back to that day instantly just Do you plan on photogby holding the picture. raphy as a career? What inspires you? Not really, I take photos because I feel it is a natuEverything and everyral thing for me to do. I one, you wouldn’t befeel inspired by almost lieve the things I get everything around me, inspired by. It can be from places to friends something I see, something I hear or something and family. I like to carry I do. It’s hard to pinpoint my camera everywhere even if I don’t touch it something in particular. for a week. Photography I think is has to do with Age: 26
is my way of keeping the things and the ones I love close to me and perpetuate a moment forever. It’s a way of saying, “Been there done that,” and I can then, start crossing things off my todo list. Who's a photographer you'd like to know more about? I’d like to know more about Tim Walker. Actually, I’d love to live in his world. Who wouldn’t, really? I remember passing by some photos of Guy Bourdin when I was in school and felt overwhelmed by his pictures. I've always wondered where inspiration comes from for these guys. What is your favorite photograph that you've taken? Please describe. I took this picture on a not so bright day. It was summer and we were taking some time off in northern Portugal and we decided to drive to Sanabria, Spain. I was feeling pretty melancholic that day, it was dark
and cloudy. I stood on a rock with my camera, waiting for something interesting to happen. My boyfriend then manned up and entered the coldice water and stood there trying to gain some courage to take a dive. That was the only picture I took that day. Who's your favorite photographer? Tim Walker. How would you describe your photography in 3 words? That is a very hard question, I believe I’m not the most unbiased person to answer it, but I would say that my photography is all about light, dreams and love. How much planning goes into your underwater shots? Actually, I don’t plan any of my pictures, but if I see something I like I try to capture it in the moment. Sometimes that’s just impossible, so I ask people to do it all over again. What one piece of ad-
vice you'd give to someone starting off in photography? I guess do your own thing. If you feel inspired by something and it is meaningful to you, then go for it. Never mind what other people tell you. What/Who is your biggest influence? My life. If you could pick anyone to shoot for a day, who would it be and why? Besides Daniel, my favorite person in the world, I would like to spend my life shooting across Nordic Countries (Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and so on) and everything at the Yellowstone National Park. How do you currently feel about your photography? For me photography is somewhat cathartic. It’s just me and the way I see things.
JAKE HALL
19//England
Matthew Franklin //Photographer
Age: 21 Camera: Canon Mark II & Elan Website: matthewfranklinstein.com How did you get started in photography? One day, when I was 8 years old, I was exploring through my parents attic and ran across my dad’s 35mm that he got from Vietnam during the war and I have been shooting ever since! What's your favorite guilty pleasure? Listening to Metro Station, watching music videos, breaking all the driving laws in my neighborhood, and wearing weird costumes/animal masks when the roommates are gone. How did you start shooting for bands? I took photos at a The Devil Wears Prada show a long, long time ago and then became engulfed into the scene swamp. What inspires you most? My mother, the best person I have ever known.
She was always smiling, even through a disease that kept her from moving & talking. It’ll make you think differently about pretty much everything. You got it better than you know. I love her till death and beyond. If you had to choose 1 CD to listen to for 24 hours, what would it be? New Erections by The Locust or The Island Galaxy by Fly Golden Eagle. What's the greatest thing you've experienced in connection with your photography? The best of friendships and the greatest times of my life. Is photography your career or just a hobby? Career. If you could shoot anyone for a day, who would you choose? Bill Murray. From your photo descriptions, you seem to travel a lot, how did you
get into that? I used to travel pretty often as a child with my parents and grandpa and just kept it going. I’m always looking to get away for a little bit. I also used to tour with some bands so that was a free ticket to see the country. Touring is so much fun, I’m really looking forward to hitting the road again with another band in the future. What is one of your favorite shoots that you've done? I wouldn’t really consider it a shoot, but my favorite picture was on this island in the gulf in southern Alabama. I was touring with some friends in the band with Wings of Lead and we had a handful of days off so we just camped out on this island in the van with all the doors open. The island was beautiful, all the houses up on 20 foot stands and perfect white sand that made zippy noises when you dragged your foot across
it. That whole experience was by far my favorite time taking pictures. What's your view on editing/retouching photos? If you are shooting digital you are dumb to not edit your photographs and retouching must be done when the style of shoot fits it. If you are looking to make money in any way from taking digital photographs you have to edit your photographs. If you don’t believe in editing, then you should shoot with film and even then you are still editing your photographs because of developing times. It’s a part of the art in my opinion. What is your favorite photograph that you've taken? Please describe. It’s so hard to answer this question but as of late I guess I would have to say the one I did of my friends Phillip and Randi, best models I’ve had in a while. What's a typical day like for you?
It is never a typical day, but it usually includes waking up late, thinking about doing my homework, going on the internet, editing/working, hanging out with good friends and sometimes drinking a good beer. What's your favorite holiday and why? Christmas, nothing is more peaceful than taking a walk in the snow while it’s snowing late at night when no one’s around. The serenity is mind blowing. Also, many great memories of being with my parents, decorating the Christmas tree, snowmen and hot chocolate with marshmallows. What's your favorite thing to wear? Black skinny pants with black socks and black wingtips along with collared shirts, scarves, black leather motorcycle rider jacket and of course a yellow banana hammock with rhinestones. How would you de-
fine what photography means to you? My life.
Ana Ĺ antl //Photographer
Age: 17 Camera: Konica Minolta Dynax 7D, Canon AE-1, occasionally Canon 5D Mark II Website: www.flickr. com/photos/ana-anaana/ How did you get started in photography? Maybe at the age of 9 when I got my first point and shoot film camera, maybe at the age of 12 or 13 when I started using DeviantArt, maybe when I turned 15 and went to an art school. Maybe earlier, maybe later. How do you feel about your 365? I basically love this project, no matter how cruel and time consuming it sometimes is. Sometimes I feel like I need to go take pictures instead of meeting a friend for example. I do not care if I come back all scratched and dirty anymore or if someone is watching me while taking self portraits, which is a huge part of the project. It has always been hard to keep
up with something for a long time, no matter if it was a hobby, a place, or sometimes even a person, but I decided to finish what I have started this time. Even though I often feel like taking a picture from some other day, I must say that I have not cheated yet; I never regret starting it or want to end earlier. I have learned a lot about my camera and myself, I have done the things that I could never imagine doing, I have explored new places. What I am scared of the most is that the project ends before I am truly satisfied with my photos. Do you prefer working with film or digital? I am going to some sort of a photography school where we get to work with film very often, we photograph, develop and enlarge negatives, both black and white and color. I would like to use my own film camera more, but I always have something to do for school, and it is really
expensive and time consuming to have it developed somewhere else. I hope that I will be able to use more film after the end of my 365 more though. Did your time in Stockholm inspire you at all? Yes! It is a perfect combination of everything I love; Sweden, cold temperatures, water, islands, amazing architecture, fashion, lovely people. It is a kind of a city that you miss by just knowing that you will have to leave. How do you feel your photography has progressed since you first picked up a camera? I do not really know where to start, but I do know a lot more about what I have to do to get a certain result. There is still so much to learn and discover, and it is exactly what I love about cameras. What inspires you most? People with personality, nature, colors, light, music, weather, dreams,
thoughts, and troubles; basically everything around and inside me. Who are a few of your favorite photographers? Annie Leibovitz, Paolo Roversi, Vee Speers, 333Bracket, Lissy Elle, Natalie Kucken, Nirrimi, Kalie and Kennedy Garrett, Rona Keller, Laura Zalenga, and Samantha Smith. Who's someone you'd love to photograph? Cat Casino from Deathstars. Do you plan on photography as a career? This is a tough question for me, even though I will technically be a 'photographer' when I finish this school, I do not plan anything in my life. I am not sure if I want to do it for living, but I am sure that I could not live without it. What are a few of your favorite band/singers? Diary of Dreams, Sentenced, Dark Tranquility, A Perfect Circle, and Radiohead. Who's a photographer
you'd like to know more about? I think I know enough about everyone who I am really interested in, but I really enjoy reading Nirrimi's blog, it makes me feel like I get a tiny piece of who she is. What's a song that puts you in a great mood? Diary of Dreams- Kindrom. What's your favorite book that you own? I really like Wuthering Heights. Where's your favorite place to shop? Stradivarius, Pull&Bear, Topshop, random smaller stores; H&M has always been one of my favorites too, even though everyone is shopping there nowadays. I love Ikea too; just going there is always an adventure.
Andrea Youne
es
17//Texas
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